Thread: [KDE] How do I manage KDE password(s)?
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2008-01-31 , 15:09
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Originally Posted by sungrove View Post
No, the password I tried to set up in Konsole does not work. Su did ask for password. I input the password I thought I might have created but it didn't accept it. It ended up giving me /home/user #

What I don't understand about this password thing is that it seems so hard to have a clean starting point with it. It's as if KDE comes with a secret password that I have to dig somewhere to figure out. Like Konsole telling me that Password can not be changed. Sorry, I'm a Windows convert where I would have some sort of interface that would ask me if I would like to use a password and what I would like it to be. I sort of am just assuming that the rest of you find this rather easy. Could you fill me in?

Neil

KDE, has nothing to do with passwords, passwords are all handled by the system.

2008 comes up with the user "user" with no password set and with root, set to ??? (used to be rootme) Now I have no idea what it is??

So open xterm

sudo su - (or "sudo gainroot" if you dont have KDE installed)

passwd user (This will ask you for the new user password and allow you to set it.)

passwd (this will ask you to set the root password)


I am unsure what problem you are having????
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